Curtain-support.



J. T. PARRISY CURTAIN SUPPORT. APPLICATIONFILED MAR. 1, 1911.

Patented 00. 9,1917.

JOHITT. PARRIS. F CI-IIGAGO, ILLINOIS.

GUBTAIN-SUPPQRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ctii, 1917.

Application filed March 1, 1917. Seria1N0. 151,747.

Tool! whom it may concern;

Be it knownthat 1, JOHN ib Prisms, a citizen of the United States, residing at (Qhicago, in the county of Cook and State of Jillinois, have invented new and useful linproven'ients in Curtaiin Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supporting de: vices for lace curtains and other Window draperies, and its object is to provide a novel and improved device which is so constructed and mounted that it may be swung out of the way to obtain an unobstructed window opening for ventilation, or when access to the window for cleaning the same is desired.

The object stated is attained byineans of a combinationand arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and, claimed, and in order that the san'ie may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Flgure 1 1s a horizontal section of a window showing the supporting device in position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section on the line 83 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4- is a. cross-section on the line il41 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective.

Referring specifically to the drawin 8 denotes a window and 9 the frame thereof.

The support for the curtain or other window drapery is apole composed of two sections denoted by the reference characters 10 and 11, respectively. When in supporting position, the two pole sections are in longitudinal alineinent, with their inner ends in proximity. as shown in Figs-1 and and the curtain is hung therefrom.

The pole sections 10 and 11 are supported by brackets fixed at the desired height to the window frame 9. said brackets supporting the sections at their outer ends. Each 1 bracket is composed of a base plate 12 fastened to the window frame in any suitable manner, and having an outstanding arm 13 terminating at its outer end in an enlarge- 50 ment or head 14 having a vertical recess 15 opening through the top thereof. On the 1 outer end of the pole section is fixed, by a set screw 16, a sleeve 17 having a depending pin 18 which seats in the recess 15 and forms a pivot for the pole section Thus,

with the pin 18 as a pivot, the pole section may be swung away from the window 8 in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1, the swing being in a horizontal plane. Both pole sections are supported in this manner and both may therefore be swung.

That portion of the pivot pin 18 which seats in the recess 15 has a side lug 19 which seats in a semi-circular slot :20 in the wall of the recess. The ends of this slot limit the travel of the lug, and therefore limit the swing of the pole section. One end of the recess limits the inward swing of the pole section, and the other end the outward swing. V

Both pole sections 1.0 and 11 are tubular except at their outer ends where they are solid and formed with an ornamental head or knob 21.

When the two pole sections 10 and 11 are in alinernent and supporting position, they are so held by a latch bolt 22 carried by one of the sections and seating in the inner end of the other section, and thus spanning the space between the inner ends of the sections. The bolt is slidably mounted in the section 10 at its inner end, so that it may be projected from said end into the corresponding end of the section 11, as shown in Fig. 8, and upon withdrawing the bolt from the section 11, the two pole sections are uncoupled, after which they may be swung outward from the window 8 as herei'nbefore described.

The bolt 22 is backed by a spring 23 located in the pole section 10 between the rear end of the bolt and an abutment 24 fixed in said section, said spring tending to advance the bolt.

The release of the bolt 22 is effected by a pull line 25 fastened to the inner end of the bolt and passing lengthwise through the pole section 10 and also through a hole 26 in the head. 21 thereof, said hole communicating with a hole 26 passing axially through the pivot pin 18 and continued through the bottom of the head 14. The end of the line depends from the head 14 to within handy reach.

To the inner ends of the pole sections 10 and 11 are fastened lines 27 to facilitate the swing of the sections after they have been uncoupled by retracting the bolt 22.

In order that the pole may be lengthened for a wider window, the section 10 contains IOU drawn it is given a twist to bring the protuberances in the slit, and after it is withdrawn the desired extent it 1s given another twist to seat the protuberances in the-perforations or depressions, whereby the tube and the pole section are locked against rela tive longitudlnal movement.

With the supporting device hereinbefore described, one curtain may be hung from one pole section and another curtain from the other section, and as the pole sections may be swung the curtains can be swung away from the window out of the way to leave the window opening unobstructed for ventilation, and also accessible for cleaning the window without danger of soiling the curtains. In order that the parts let and 18 may be assembled, the latter. is made in'two sections, as shown in Fig. at, fastened together in any suitable manner.

I claim: 1. A' curtain. support comprising a pole composed, of separate sections mounted in extending from the inner end of each section, and a bracket having a recess in which the pivot pin seats, the wall of the recess having a slot and the pivot pin having a side lug seating in the slot to limit the extent of swing of the section.

2. A curtain support comprising a pole composed of separate sections mounted in longitudinal alinement, a pivotal support for each section for permitting a swing in a horizontal plane, a. sliding latchbolt carried by the inner end of one section andengageahle with theother section when said sections are in alinement, and a pull line connected to the latch bolt and extending from the section which carries said bolt, said line passing through the pivotal axis of said section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

v JOHN T. PAR-BIS.

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- Washington, D. G. 

